Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 294

In 1867, just as the Netherlands and six other countries announced sanctions against the French Empire, the French Empire's old enemy, Britain, turned hard. This sanction against the law was added at the first time. It even began to speed up the transfer of the weapons of the Indian colonies to Lower Burma, and then to the Kingdom of Siam, which broke the practice of the country for many years.

At the same time, British Prime Minister Disraeli was protested by domestic anti-French factions, and even more than 500,000 people participated in London. The British cabinet government convened an emergency cabinet meeting, intending to follow the sanctions against France in the judgment of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Finally, on April 12, 1867, the British House of Commons formally passed the first British Sanctions Act, which also followed the seven countries to sanction the French Empire.

This shocked the world, because this is the first time since the French invasion of the Kingdom of Siam, the most powerful country in Europe has participated in the sanctions, and the public opinion in the UK is there.

This shows that the relationship between France and the United Kingdom will be difficult to calm down in a short period of time, so everyone turns their attention to Paris. He, at this time, wanted to see how Napoleon III would deal with such a bad situation.

Dutch Royal Palace.

William IV looked at the information in his hand, and finally showed a smug smile on his face, yes, it was a kind of smugness in his hands.

"This time, I see how the United Kingdom is with the mud. Even if Napoleon III wants to back down, unless he is driven to the north by the Parisians, otherwise, he will never be able to soften, and he will not dare to soften."

Many people thought that this time Britain was caused by domestic pressure, but if they saw the intelligence in William IV's hands, this idea could disappear. It turned out that there were other reasons.

And the reason, or not in Europe.

That's the benefit of being familiar with history.

William IV narrowed his eyes and muttered.

Why did Canada gain independence as a country in 1867? The reason is in France.

What happened in 1867? Britain agreed to Canada's independence - li?

Canada took two steps from colonial independence. The first step was the British North America Act approved by the British Parliament in 1867. Since then, Canada has become a British Dominion, close to a sovereign state.

The second step was that in the 1990s, with Queen Elizabeth's approval, Canada could exist as a separate country in addition to the nominal Yuan-shou continuing to be Queen of England.

This is William IV's understanding of Canada in his previous life.

But there were some doubts at the time. Why did the United Kingdom delegate power to Canada in 1867. At this time, there were still decades before World War I and World War II. The British Empire was still at its peak, and it was still the largest country in the world.

Therefore, he began to track down a lot of relevant information, and then, after combining the information one by one, he finally figured out a lot of the ins and outs.

So it was integrated into the big plan of this pit method.

With the appearance of this detailed information from the director of the Netherlands International Intelligence Service, Mackay Sean, William IV knew that his plan to combine history had worked.

Before 1867, the British North American colonies were scattered in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. The different parts are not only culturally different, but also independent of each other. The British royal family plays the role of suzerain and mediator.

Beginning in 1583, the British established their first colony in Newfoundland. Since then, the United Kingdom has vigorously expanded to North America, and many areas, including the thirteen states of North America, have been planted with rice flags.

However, the United Kingdom is not the only American operator. France, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries are also competitors of the United Kingdom. However, in the end, the Netherlands and Spain are all in the south, but in the end, France, a major European country, is dissatisfied with the exclusive use of the United Kingdom. policy, so it has maintained a competitive relationship with the United Kingdom.

The British won the Seven Years' War from 1756 to 1763, annexed French territory in Canada, and the United Kingdom became the unique ruler of North America, but this situation did not last long, because Millikin was soon established in the thirteen states Although the British suppressed it, the grudge-bearing French Empire, with the support of Spain and the Netherlands, resisted the pressure of the British, and the British finally negotiated peace and recognized the status of Millikin. This in turn disintegrated the British dominance of North America from within.

Continuing to advocate acceptance of the British king's rule, the royalist-parties fled to Canada in the north while Milliken wanted to drive out the British, showing a growing desire for expansion.

In 1812, Milliken provoked and wanted to make a comeback in the Second War of England and Rice, which was Milliken's attempt to annex Canada. Although Britain won this war, he had to think about the future of British Canada as a colony. Destiny, the division and rule of the Canadian provinces was in the best interest of the British tradition, but the turbulent international situation did not allow the British to continue in this way.

In particular, there are contradictions between Anglo-Dutch-French in Canada. Until today in 1867, it was oscillating between the two groups of British and French.

In 1837, the French Canadians were dissatisfied with the rule of the British, so they started -yi. Although it was finally subsided, the British royal family and the cabinet government had to think about how to prevent such incidents from happening again.

At the suggestion of the Governor-General of Canada, Earl Durham, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were merged into a Canadian province, and it was hoped that the two groups could achieve harmony in peace and create conditions for Canada to move towards unity.

The concessions of the British and the British government and royal family allowed the dissatisfaction of the French to be partially quelled.

In 1861, during the Civil War, the United States of America in the north and the Confederate States of America in the south fought a brutal six-year war. Although the United Kingdom initially expressed its neutrality, it secretly supported the South. After all, the southern states have always been the raw material origins of the United Kingdom. .

The United Kingdom even designed and built a cruiser named Alabama. For this reason, a large number of merchant ships in the north were sunk. In order to protest, the North even directly demanded that the British and Canadian land be compensated.

The attitude of the Commonwealth of Millikin made Britain feel threatened, and it was difficult to guarantee that the war of 1812 would not be repeated if Canada was not integrated into a unified force.

In addition to the covetousness of the Commonwealth of Millikin in the North, there have also been big variables in the European continent, of which the most feared by the British is the strong rise of Prussia.

A few years ago, the King of Prussia started the road to unify the German Confederation. Prime Minister Bismarck first united Austria to defeat Denmark, and then turned around to defeat Austria and expelled the German Confederation in just 7 weeks. down.

This shocked the whole of England, from the top to the queen, nobles, down to the common people.

Therefore, everyone in the UK believes that the Kingdom of Prussia, which occupies all parts of the German Confederation, must be an emerging power in Europe. As a result, the British balance of power diplomacy will inevitably be challenged, and the United Kingdom must invest more energy and resources accordingly. Things that come to the British Continent, at this time, are far more self-reliant than Canada in North America.

It is precisely because of this, and precisely because of this, that the British government is trying to keep the Confederate States of the United States of America under the bottom line. After making a few concessions in Canada, they will be willing to reconcile with the United States of America in a low-key manner, and after ceding the province of British Columbia to them. , in order to reduce the expansion of the front, it is difficult to take into account.

At the same time, the United Kingdom is preparing to reconcile with the Tsarist Russia, even if it makes money for the Tsarist Russia in the Balkans and the Caucasus, it doesn't matter.

A few years ago, the United Kingdom learned that the Dutch-speaking Tsarist Russia had reached a preliminary agreement. After the Tsarist Russia sold the Alaska Peninsula to the Netherlands, although the United Kingdom was dissatisfied on the surface, it was not slow to act in private. In order to maintain the British position in North America and the management of Canada, they were In the first month after learning, the British Parliament on July 1ro, 1865, agreed to the merger of the Canadian provinces (now Quebec and Ontario) of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a federal form of The Dominion of Canada, this day is also the same day as Canada's National Day, which was familiar to William IV.

After that, Canada took advantage of the division of Millikin in the Civil War and had no time to take care of them, and gradually integrated all the British Canadian colonies.

After the reconciliation between the north and the south of the United States, the confederate states of the north of the United States of America could only occupy the western province of British Columbia in the name of revenge, and the others had already been integrated.

"Your Majesty, Napoleon III never dreamed of it~www.mtlnovel.com~ At first, he wanted to encourage the French Canadians to fight against British rule, but it was because of the wrong timing, but now he has put himself into an already passive environment, even more embarrassed. ”

William IV nodded thoughtfully, and the French Canadians actually launched a rebellion in Quebec after seeing the Commonwealth of Millikin take British Columbia.

And it also got the support of France, and even hooked up with "some people" in the Commonwealth of Millikin, which naturally made London go crazy. So the United Kingdom did not want to break the North American peace agreement just reached, and put the fire on the French Empire, which was being sanctioned by various countries.

Napoleon III is worthy of being a well-known diplomatic hapless in history. Every time he makes a move, he will turn the originally favorable situation for France into an unfavorable situation.

Although it was because of his own calculations of the French Empire, Napoleon III jumped into the pit and danced casually, and William IV could not do anything about it.

Alas, it is not easy for a big country these days!

Mackay Sean: "Your Majesty, do you want to notify the ambassadors abroad and ask them to step up coordination with these countries to join the camp against the French Empire?"

"Why are you sure they will join our sanctioning ranks?" William IV asked seemingly unintentionally.

Mackay Sean: "Now this is the trend of the international community. If you think about it, all countries can see it. It was reasonable before. Now that the United Kingdom has joined, other countries will not fall behind if you want to come."

The UK has already started. Will other countries hesitate?

What is the logic? Shouldn't other countries be allowed to choose sanctions or not?

William IV shook his head and said something that surprised McKayshaun, only to see him say: "Bismarck is a more advanced man, and I think his attitude may be different from yours."

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